Ardao
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries
/aɾðao/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ardao is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 27Kas Ardo(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay1 in 36K
- ESSpain1 in 206K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ardao itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 106 (measured from records)
- 1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,000 named Ardo, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Ardo in NG Nigeria, PH Philippines, ID Indonesia and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Ardao counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Ardo | 36 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 154K | — | Ardo | 75 |
| PH Philippines | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 294K | — | Ardo | 16 |
| ES Spain | 243 | 1 in 206K | 243 | Ardao | 36 |
| IT Italy | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 326K | 1 | Ardo | 5 |
| UY Uruguay | 95 | 1 in 36K | 95 | Ardao | 12 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 182K | — | Ardo | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 243 | #14,261 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 243 | #14,231 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 95 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ardao?
- A machine transcription gives /aɾðao/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Ardao have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.0 thousand people named Ardo in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Ardao most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ardao is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 36 thousand people — even though Nigeria holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Ardao?
- In Spain, the national register counted 243 people named Ardao, about 1 in 206 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Ardao?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ardaoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ardao”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.